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busybody

verb

  1. to be or behave like a busybody; to meddle, pry
L1381053 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. one who meddles in others' affairs
L58128 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From busy + body.

  1. Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.

    Se that none of you ſuffre as a murtherer / or as a thefe / or an evyll doar / or as a buſybody in wother mens matters.

    Candidly speaking, I thought her a little busy-body; but her father, blind like other parents, seemed perfectly content to let her wait on him, and even wonderfully soothed by her offices.

  2. A device consisting of three mirrors that, when attached to the wall of a house, allows an occupant to see who is at the front door without a direct line of sight.

verb

Etymology: From busy + body.

  1. To meddle or interfere.